Statement on Trainee Self-Disclosure

The CCPPS chooses
to adhere to Standard 7.04 of the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and
Code of Conduct (2002) by identifying our expectations of trainees with respect
to self-disclosure of personal information during training. We do not require
trainees to self-disclose specific personal information as a matter of course.
However, our training model is one that values both personal and professional
development.

We believe that becoming a competent and ethical psychologist
often involves exploration of those experiences that have shaped one’s
worldview. In both individual and group supervision, the supervisors seek to
create a safe environment for trainees to willingly engage in the process of
self-examination in the service of their training and in the service of their
clients.

This process may involve trainee self-disclosure of personal
information as it relates to the trainee’s clinical work and/or professional
development. Thus, trainees at the CCPPS can expect to engage in some degree of
self-exploration in the context of safe supervisory relationships as a means of
furthering their professional development.

As noted in the Ethical Principles,
we may require self-disclosure of personal information if the information is
necessary to evaluate or obtain assistance for students whose personal problems
could reasonably be judged to be preventing them from performing their
training- or professionally related activities in a competent manner or posing
a threat to the students or others (APA, 2002)*.